Saturday, February 23, 2008

Kansas City update

From Back To Rockville (Feb. 13th):

Cure ticket news: Keep waiting
From someone who knows:
"It keeps getting pushed back; tour materials are still being worked on so we’re holding back the on-sale. Still no definite date yet. Looks like it won’t be until March."
In case you hadn't heard, the show is scheduled for Monday, May 19 at Starlight Theatre. Tickets will be $40 to $75.

(Thanks Scott)

The Kiss Live

And at the absolute polar opposite end of the spectrum...THIS is THE KISS live in Berlin on Feb. 16th. Fantastic!

Friday, February 22, 2008

Phoenix tickets on sale Feb. 29th

According to Live Nation, tickets for the show on June 4th in Phoenix, AZ will go on sale Feb. 29th at 10am mountain time. Ticket prices are $40, $50 and $60.
The info is also listed at Ticketmaster, and they have tickets available for Adams Street parking.

Cure Ticket Alert System

For those who have asked, yes, I'll be doing the ticket alert system for the "added shows" on the North American 4Tour. So if you are interested in getting ticket info, password info, etc. for any of the shows listed below, just e-mail me (chainofflowers@compuserve.com) and let me know which show(s) you want info for.
May 19th - Kansas City, Mo.
May 28th - San Jose, Ca.
June 4th - Phoenix, Az.
June 8th - Austin, Tx.
June 13th - Sunrise, Fl.
June 18th - Cleveland, Oh.

For those of you who are new or for those who have forgotten, the ticket alert system is a private e-mail list that I set up for each city. When I get any info about tickets, I send out an e-mail to everyone on that list. That way you don't have to keep checking websites every hour.

Cure cover

"Nouvelle Vague recorded their take on A Forest for their first album. I've just seen them in Oxford and they've added a stunning cover of 100 Years. They also started off the set with their two Cure songs back to back."
(Thanks Warren)

Katowice, Warsaw, Stockholm photos

Added some photos from Katowice, Warsaw and Stockholm.

Lovecats Live

One of the worst versions of Lovecats ever? Could have been ok if Robert had not tried to play the keyboard parts. Anyway, this video is from the Berlin show on Feb. 16th.
(Thanks Sven)

Also, my apologies for falling behind on posting all of the Youtube links for the last couple of shows. I hope to get to that later tonight.

Cure tattoo

Added 2 new tattoos for John L.

Cure SMH-CD's delayed/canceled

If you were interested in any of those Cure SMH-CD's, bad news from The Ideal Copy:

"Unfortunate news - Those Japanese Cure Mini-LP Sleeve CDs that were due next month have been Delayed/Cancelled. We don't know the reason why, but speculate that either the band stepped in, or the label wants their release to coincide with a Cure tour of Japan, and the earliest that would happen is late Summer/Fall 2008. If you Pre-Ordered, we will be contacting you and refunding/cancelling the order."

Cure party in Vienna

From Mrs. Pinkeyes:

10:15 Saturday Night
The Cure Welcome Party
flyerlink: http://crazyhospital.cr.ohost.de/1015web.jpg
DJanes
Mrs.Pinkeyes & Claude (http://www.myspace.com/dancefloor_tragedy)
Sirius & Darktunes (rock is dead / vanity vague)
Crazy Hospital-Team (http://www.myspace.com/crazyhospital)
Beginn: 21:00, Eintritt € 4,-

Vienna ticket for sale

From Conor:
"I am going to vienna on saturday with one extra ticket. it is a standing ticket. i am not in the business of ripping people off so i will sell it for face value. if anyone is interested contact me at lordconor@hotmail.com"

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Prague setlist & soundcheck

Posted the setlist and soundcheck info on the Prague concert page.
(Thanks to Andreas at cure-concerts.de and Jakso at curefans.com)

Cure cover

"The Victorian Transport Accident Commission have a new promo advert out, using The Cure's 'Pictures of You', as hauntingly covered by Angie Hart (formerly of Frente!/Splendid).
Press Release
You can hear the cover version by going to the following website - http://www.picturesofyou.com.au"

(Thanks Dan)

More Cure parties

From DJ Kamar:
The Cure vs. Siouxsie and the Banshees
RETROFORWARD MADNESS
with dj's Qbot, Kamar, and Mat Devine of Kill Hannah
Tuesday March 11, 2008 @ 10pm
Neo
2350 N. Clark
www.chicagosuicideclub.com

Round 1 of RETROFORWARD MADNESS pits The Cure vs. Siouxsie against each other! For all the match-ups of round 1 please visit http://chicago.retroforward.com

From Sandro:

Transmission Club
Rua de São Paulo, 27
1200-426 LISBON
(Cais do Sodré)

To arrive at the Transmission you can come by meter until the station of
the Cais do Sodré (green line - terminal, originating station of
Telheiras), and also by bus with terminal in the same premises (6, 36,
40, 44, 45, 82, 91 and 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210 - network of the
dawn). Nevertheless the access can also be done by originating boat of
Cacilhas to the Cais do Sodré, or even by train (line of Cascais -
terminal, originating station of Cascais)

Monday, February 18, 2008

Tickets for sale

From David:
"Obliged to cancel my Central European Tour... One standing ticket to sell for each show in Prague, Vienna, Munich and Zurich, at a good price. Please get in touch through email titled "Urgent : ticket needed" to this address david.fargier@smurfitkappa.fr or by phone : 00 33 6 76 49 67 04."

From Mauro:
I won't be able to go the concert in London and before putting them somewhere like on eBay, I thought there might be someone on Chainoflowers interested in buying them. I have two standing tickets to be picked up at the venue, and I'm selling them for the same price I bought them for: £ 85. Interested people can contact me on banqu8@gmail.com."

Classic Cure calendars for sale

From Mickelcure:
"I've just listed my entire Cure calendar collection on eBay. Auctions end next Sunday, Feb. 24th.

Looking for loving homes :)
Cure Calendars for SALE! 27+ (1987-2002)
eBay seller ID: mickelcure
photo collage"

Warsaw, Berlin, Hamburg, Stockholm photos

A photo from Warsaw (Simon goes from blonde to red) .

Photos of the merchandise stand in Stockholm.

And added new photos from Berlin, Hamburg and Stockholm.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

New Album Release Date

In their review of the Hamburg show, German radio station NDR2 says the new album is being released on June 28th. One problem with that, the 28th is a saturday. New albums are almost always released on monday or tuesday.

As I posted a week ago, Universal now has the album scheduled for release on May 6th in the US. Will that hold? Who knows, but that's what they have right now. If I hear of any changes, I'll get them posted asap.

Update: As Lars posted in the comments, that June 28th date is false. The reporter was using the date for the release of 'The Cure' in 2004.

Copenhagen, Hamburg & Berlin updates

Added more photos from Hamburg.

Added more video links for Copenhagen, Hamburg and Berlin.